The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-02
HERE AND THERE.

The trumpet is to take the place of the
Greek cross as symbol on the uniform of
the Boston firenlen.
Several perfectly preserved Mexican mum
mics were recently brought to San Fran
cisco. ..= F-s=--
A novel and timely clock is incased in a
representation of a baseball covered with
white leather. The dial is in cut section oil
the ball. f..
A. p. Richter, of Madison, Ga, is the pos
SCISSOR of rare and interesting relic of the
late war. 1t is neatly finished iron cot, and
is the led on which Gen. Albert Sidney John
ston breathed his last.
Newfoundland is usually thought of as a
barren, rocky island, with no other inhabi-
tants than few fishermen There are more
than 100000 people on the island; they are
hardy and energetic.
The toughest resident Of Silver City, Ari.,
is little Indian boy who was captured DUR
ing Geronimo's raid two years ago. He is
only years old, but he has already nearly
killed boy by cutting him with a bowie
knife. ,,
Twenty years ago it cost SIG to send ten
words by wire from Portland, Me-, to Port
land, Ore. One "cart wheeln will now nav
Ior the transmission of such message be-
tween those points. The country is getting
smaller every day. Il ss.I ~ Esa
In Servia, Bulgaria and Ro,1mania boots
made of bullock's hide or leather, and which
arc simply a fiat piece of leather drawn over.
the foot all round and fastened by leather
thongs or birch bark crossed over the leg,
which is lncased in either stockings or a
piece OF red cloth, are worn by the peas
antry. ri s.a.s#s
The loss of life by earthquakes has been as
follows: 100000 deaths in Japan, 17OS: 1OO,-
600 in Sicily, 1893, and in Pekin, 1881: 60 900
in Cilicia, 1858; sc, 600 in Schmaki 1867; 10
OoO in Naples, 1926; $1,000 in Lisbon, 1855.
Out of fifty other recorded shakes accom-
panied by loss of life, fifteen have DESTROYED
over 10000 lives each
Bridal parties who visit Washington are
disappointed because they cannot ascend to
the top OF the Washington monument Con-
gress made no appropriation for furnishing
steam power to run the elevator, and, unless
special measure is introduced at the next
session, the top of the shaft will be inacces-
sible during another fiscal year.
A Hartford man has invented an appa-
ratus for timinghorses A clock with three
handS-minute second and quarter second
is started by the official timer When the
winning horse touches the wire the clock is
stopped by electricity. At the same instant
the current opens camera, which photo
graphs the horse and the clock face
One of the latest attempts to harness the
forces of nature for the service of man is the
adaptation of a windmill for the turning of
dynamo, the electricity thus obtained being
stored In suitable batteries, and afterward
used in lighting beacons for the benefit of the
maritime interests. There is q station of this
kind near the mouth of the Seine, and consid-
erable success has been obtained
There is On artesian well near Stockton.
Cal, that discharges water from two differ.
ent deoths-that from tho lower containing
inflanlmable gas. Thcs1irst was sunken S40
feet, when water was reached: tho owner
wished to go deeper, but feared to iniure the
water already reached SO he sunk tube OF
smaller bore inside tho first The second
reached a depth of / $50 feet.
Tho fr,et
Wallenstein is said to have bought it. The
true clay is to be procured only at Eski-
Scher, in Asia Minor, whcrc there arc large
deposits, and whence it is sent direct to the
manufactures at Ruhla, of which there are
at present forty, employing almost the
whole population of the district.
A gentleman hunting for land in Dakota
came across q boarded-up claim shanty with
half dozen boards across tho door, upon
which were the following touching inscrip-
tio':s: -Four miles from nayber Sixty
miles from q pcstofis. Twenty-Five miles
from railroad. A hundred and atety from
timber. Two hundred and fifty feet from
water. God bless oui. home We have gone
east to spend the winter with my wife's
folks =F.